By plane: 
   
Once arrived at any of the Airports listed below, you may take a bus to Milano Centrale Railway Station (please check the Airport website for timetable, tickets and prices).

Airports:

• Aeroporto Orio al Serio (BG) - 110 km from Piacenza
  Milan Bergamo Airport (https://www.milanbergamoairport.it/en/)
• Aeroporto di Linate (MI) - 65 km from Piacenza
  Milano Linate (https://www.milanolinate-airport.com/en/)
• Aeroporto di Malpensa (MI) - 120 km from Piacenza
  Milano Malpensa (https://www.milanomalpensa-airport.com/en/)

 

By train:

From Milano Centrale Station take a train to Piacenza. Shuttle buses to
Central station are also available from all Milan airports.

Please check out the timetable on Trenitalia website (www.trenitalia.com)

 

By bus:

From Piacenza Railway Station take bus no. 2 or 3 to Università.

Please Check the timetable at: Seta (https://www.setaweb.it/)

 

By taxi:

You can also catch a taxi outside Piacenza Railway Station or call the following numbers:
Radio Taxi: +39 0523 591919
Night hours - Taxi service: +39 3484485155

The average taxi fare from the station to Cattolica is about € 10-15 (during the day) and a little higher at night.

 

By car

Coming from the A1 Highway towards Bologna, take the ‘Basso Lodigiano’ exit.
Stay on the ‘tangenziale’ (ringroad) and follow for San Lazzaro/Università.
 

Emergency numbers 

EU International Emergency Number... 112
Carabinieri Police … 112
National Police … 113
Firefighters … 115
First Aid … 118 

 

Piacenza Hospital “Guglielmo da Saliceto” 

Address: Via Taverna, 49 Piacenza
First Aid address: Cantone del Cristo, 40 Piacenza
Tel. (+39) 0523.301111
Website: https://www.ausl.pc.it/it/strutture-e-territorio/dove-siamo/ospedali/ospedale-di-piacenza

General practitioners:
https://www.ausl.pc.it/it/strutture-e-territorio/medici-famiglia/elenco-medici-di-famiglia

Health service 

If you are a national from either a EU Member State or an EEA country or of Swiss nationality, you should have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) Italian acronym: TEAM, obtained in your home Country from your national healthcare authority. The European Health Insurance Card ((EHIC) will allow you to receive medical treatment in another member state for free, or at a reduced cost. The patient will be charged for prescriptions, medical examinations, oral and dental care. 

Non-EU residents must purchase International Health Insurance protection to cover any cost related to medical treatment and/or admission to hospital. 

Please refer to Waitaly (https://www.waitaly.net/en/) for further details. The cost is of €74 for 6 months or €125 for a year. Higher levels of cover are also available.

Once in Italy, you can register to the SSN (National Health Service) at the local Health Unit (ASL), by paying € 150 fee (subject to change) for one calendar year (1 January – 31 December). You will get your personal healthcare card and choose a family doctor in Piacenza.

Note: Medical cover is compulsory when applying for the residency permit.
 

If you are staying in Italy for more than 90 days, you must go to a Post Office (see details below) within 8 days of your arrival in Italy (or any other Schengen country you’ve gone through preceding your arrival in Italy), in order to collect the Yellow Kit (Residency Permit application forms) to apply for a Residency Permit (which is a living permit).

The Kit contains a series of forms you must duly complete and return to the Post Office together with the following documents: 

• A copy of your passport (all pages - one page per sheet, only front),
• A copy of your VISA and any letter issued and stamped by the Consulate (make additional copies)
• The acceptance letter by Università Cattolica and stamped by the Consulate
• A copy of your health insurance cover

Fill in the form (form 1, from page 1 to page 3) in capital letters with a black pen.
Do not seal the envelope as the post officer will check all your documents.
 

 

POST OFFICES IN PIACENZA
ZIP CODE 29121 Piacenza centro Via Sant’Antonino, 40 Piacenza 10 Via Giuseppe Taverna, 269 Piacenza 2 Via Pietro Cella, 74	ZIP CODE 29122 Piacenza 3 Via Colombo, 44 Piacenza 4 Piazzale Medaglie d’Oro, 9 Piacenza 6 Via Emilia Parmense, 24 Piacenza 7 Via Trivioli, 6/8 Piacenza 9 Via Conciliazione, 49

 

When you submit your application at the Post Office, you will be charged the following fees:

• €70,46  for the Residency Permit electronic card
• €30,00  for the shipment tax
• €16,00  for the revenue stamp (marca da bollo)

 
Please visit the Police website for further information.
Upon submission of your Residency Permit application at the post office, you will be given a payment receipt, duly stamped. Take a photo and keep it in a safe place as it is the sole proof of your Residency Permit application until you have received the actual permit.

You will receive by email a letter reporting the details of your appointment at the Immigration Office of the Questura (Police). Remember to bring to your appointment 4 original passport size photos as well as the original copies of the documents included in your Residency Permit application.

You can monitor your application following the instructions on the Residency Permit application receipt.or on the Police website (https://questure.poliziadistato.it/stranieri/?mime=1&lang=englis). Once you have received your Residency Permit card, we recommend that you make copies and send one to ucsc.international-pc@unicatt.it. Further information will be be provided during the Welcome & Orientation event.

Contacts

Police Station (Questura)
Address: Viale Malta, 10/C
Tel: +39 0523 397111
@: urp.quest.pc@pecps.poliziadistato.it
 

Immigration Office
Tel: +39 0523 397591
@: immig.quest.pc@pecps.poliziadistato.it
Opening hours: Monday through Friday: 8.30 - 12.30

If your Residency Permit expires, you will have to apply for its renewal, starting from 60 days before the expiry date: 

• Fill in form 1 again (from page 1 to page 3)
• Submit the following documents: copy of your health insurance, copy of your financial statement, copy of your I-Catt self-declaration form with final exams and grades;
• Ask Student’ Services (Polo Studenti) for a certificate called “certificato per il rinnovo del permesso di soggiorno” including your grades and confirmation of enrolment. Include this certificate with the renewal application.

  
When you submit your application for renewal at the Post Office, you will be charged the following fees::

• €70,46  for the Residency Permit electronic card
• € 30,00for the shipment tax
• €16,00  for the revenue stamp (marca da bollo)

  
Upon submission of your Residency Permit renewal application at the post office, you will be given a payment receipt, duly stamped. Take a photo and keep it in a safe place as it is the sole proof of your Residency Permit application until you have received the actual permit.

 You will receive by mail a letter reporting the details of your appointment at the Immigration Office of the Questura (Police). Remember to bring to your appointment 4 original passport size photos as well as the original copies of the documents included in your Residency Permit application.

You can monitor your application following the instructions on the Residency Permit application receipt or on the Police website. Once you have received your Residency Permit card, we recommend that you make copies and send one to ucsc.international-pc@unicatt.it.

1 January (New Year’s Day)
6 January (Epiphany)
Easter Day and Easter Monday
25 April (Liberation Day)
1 May (European Labour Day)
2 June (Republic Day)
The Sacred Heart Day (usually in June)
4 July (Piacenza Patron’s Day)
15 August (Feast of the Assumption of Mary)
1 November (All Saints Days)
8 December (Feast of the Immaculate Conception)
25 December (Christmas Day)
26 December (St Steven)